The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 24, 1915, Page 7, Image 7
THE MISTLETOE HOUGH.
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History and Meaning of One of the |
Oldest Customs in the World.
(John A. Hamilton, "The Wonderful
River.")
Have you ever asked how it Is that'
we hang up mistletoe in our house at
Christmas? Because tho Druids used
to do so, you may tell me, but then
we come to the question why they
did. Perhaps you may tell me again
that their reason was that they believed
the bright god, Baldur, had
been killed by a dart of mistletoe. 1
do not think that was the real reason.
I think that story?and a vc-y
pretty story It is?was made up ?,o
explain the custom when the true
reason had been forgotten.
I believe that the custom of hanging
up a bough of mistletoe is one of
the very oldest customs in the world,
and has come down to us from the
time when men worshipped trees. It
seems to you avory strange thing that
men should do that, but if you will
think a little, you may see that it was
not very strange after all. Imagine
r a savage man (and savage means a
man who lives in a forest.) who has
little knowledge of anything outside
the forest in which he lives. He
does not even see much of the sun,
scarcely anything of he stars. Ho
knows nothing of the change of seasons.
The winter is a bad time for
him. for then there are no fruits to
cntlier 110 Hosts with Ofrp-si thnt n mtin
can find to eat, few roots to be dug up
and the ground is hard, and the light
is short, and the darkness long, and
the cold is terrible. How is it that
the bad time comes? The lirst sign
almost that be sees of it is when the
leaves begin to fade and fall. Then
the day shortens, and therd is less
and less warmth in the sunshine.
When the trees are leafless and seemingly
dead, then come frost and snow,
^he savage reasons from the facts
vhich he sees, and he notes that
when the trees begin to die, then the
day shortens and the wind blows cold
and keen. That seems silly to you,
quite the wrong way of putting
things, but the savage thought that
all was well when the trees were
alive, and that their dying brought
him misery. Knowing no more than
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he did, it wa'i even sensible. And it
seemed to 'aim to be proved every
spring tluit the trees caused his comfort
and the gladness of the world.
The first sign and promise of better
days wab when the trees came into
leaf and life again. That happened
long before the warm, bright weather
came, and what appeared first in order
of time would be taken by him
as the cause of what followed. Since
the trees began to live again before
the sunshine came, he fancied that
they were the cause of the lengthen- i
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warmth. So men, some men, at least,
used to think, for they worshipped
trees as the great lords of life. Traces ]
of that worship are to be found to- |
day. There are men who would not ]
cut down certain kinds of trees for (
any reward that might be offered j
them, because they believe that very ,
bad "luck" would happen to them if j
they did.
You think I am a long time in com
ing to the mistletoe. Have patience
for half a minute. Savages believe |
that every living thing lias a soul, i (
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THE LANCASTER NEWS
Ch^'tmas.
Aiken Standard.
Christmas is iuA around the corner?Christmas
with its good cheer,
Christmas with its pretty customs,
Christmas with all its significance?
and Christinas with all its memories.
The season of unselfishness, of
gladsome joy, when one's heart is
very young or very old, Is near at
hand, marking the end of another
year. It is at Christmas time that we
gather together the loose ends of our
hopes, our ambitions and our dreams
that were fresh and bright not so
long before, and despite the disappointments.
despite the flaws we find
in the threads, hold them in our
hands and ponder over them before
?re long we begin to weave ur.iw. It
is at Christmas time that family circles,
broken all ?he rest of the year,
are complete for a brief season ?
perhaps.
The man in whose very soui the
Christmas season finds no response
h is been deaden 1 t < the finer things
in l.fe, and his t.'n l?e but a cramped
and sordid outlook upon a bare and
barren existence. He cannot detect
the gold from the drops, he cannot
know tlie joy of giving, the joy of
service. We are glad there nr> not;
wore men like that in the world than
I here are.
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